Will Storr on the Science of Storytelling: We’re storytelling animals

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Introduction

00:00 • 4min

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The Study of Story Telling

03:35 • 5min

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The Science of Story Telling

09:02 • 5min

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Is Story a Tool for Living?

13:48 • 2min

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What Is Science Fiction to You?

15:56 • 2min

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Is Story the Language of the Brain?

17:30 • 2min

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What Gets Us Out of Bed in the Morning?

19:37 • 4min

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The Story of the Northriter

23:17 • 1min

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Is There Evidence of the Supernatural?

24:36 • 5min

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I Don't Understand This Argument

29:36 • 4min

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I'm Still Convinced

33:09 • 3min

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The Range of Stories

36:20 • 3min

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The Clash of Three Stories in Humanity

39:39 • 5min

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Religion Has Fail, Science Hasn't Fail

44:24 • 2min

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The Story Telling Brain

46:46 • 2min

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The Three Status Games of Human Life

49:13 • 4min

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Is There a Story?

53:30 • 3min

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The Success Game Is Not a Success Game

56:11 • 4min

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The Story Brain

01:00:22 • 2min

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Isn't That Good Criteria for Claiming Status a Ta?

01:02:13 • 4min

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Nuclear Power Plants and Nuclear Weapons

01:06:36 • 2min

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The Story Gives the Meaning

01:08:28 • 4min

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The Most Weapon of Mass Destruction Is the Humiliated Leader

01:12:22 • 2min

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The Mind Is a Story Teller

01:14:46 • 2min

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The Story of Humiliation

01:17:10 • 6min

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You Are Not Going to Stop Caring What Other People Think About You

01:23:06 • 3min

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The Connection Between Story and Technology

01:26:27 • 2min

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The Story of the Selfy Camera

01:28:28 • 4min

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How Do We Consume as Much of Our Time as Possible?

01:32:44 • 2min

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The Slop Machine for Status

01:34:52 • 4min

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I Don't Do Ever Responsibility

01:38:47 • 2min

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Is My Thesis Completely Wrong?

01:41:06 • 6min

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The Story of Freedom of Speech

01:47:00 • 5min

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The Story That Makes Us Heroic

01:51:47 • 2min

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Human Rights in the Dark Ages

01:53:51 • 4min

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What's the Best Way to Send Us Away?

01:58:08 • 4min